In my life, what brings about a beaming smile?

My life everyday itself brings me smile, as I find always something around me makes me smile. From the morning I wake up seeing my husband, hearing the birds chirps. Right now the spring is here, where “the Forget me not” flowers are spreading blooming in the flower beds, where all perennial herbs grow and look healthy.
Thinking now and then of our grandchild, our children, where they are all living abroad, but we see in the skype once a week.

My husband, my dogs, seeing my best friend, hearing the spotted towhee, finch, and chickadee, the hum from the hummingbird when they first return to the neighborhood in April, when neighbors walking by compliment me on our xeric garden in the front….

Flowers blooming on a tree. People hugging and greeting each other. Seeing others expressing love and kindness to each other. I just saw a video of musicians playing for someone in a hospital – what a gift! I felt so happy just seeing it!

A student’s success! I work in a community college and get to see many first generation students come to college and graduate with the first degree in the family. So exciting! I just can’t stop smiling…

Seeing my grandkids when they arrive at our home each morning. Liam (“Life is a Miracle”) is 4. Emily (“Every Moment I’m Loving You) is 2. Their happiness, excitement, energy, and unconditional love make my days better. “Beaming”? Absolutely!

My cat, always. From my book of rhyming poems:
LILLYBIRD, THE ENLIGHTENED CAT
Lillybird’s a sunny cat
with golden fur and golden eyes.
Her body sings of cheetah grace,
of tawny plains and golden skies.
I found her on a dumpster top,
and bless the day our gazes met.
We formed a circle then and there.
My Lilly’s an Enlightened Cat.
She’s brave and sweet and smart and knows
I can’t compare, yet daily, she
regards me with pure Buddha love
and thumps her tail approvingl...

My cat, always. From my book of rhyming poems:

LILLYBIRD, THE ENLIGHTENED CAT

Lillybird’s a sunny cat
with golden fur and golden eyes.
Her body sings of cheetah grace,
of tawny plains and golden skies.

I found her on a dumpster top,
and bless the day our gazes met.
We formed a circle then and there.
My Lilly’s an Enlightened Cat.

She’s brave and sweet and smart and knows
I can’t compare, yet daily, she
regards me with pure Buddha love
and thumps her tail approvingly.

Yes, ‘feral’ looks correct to me. So wonderful! [as I used to say to my troubled rescued dog ‘Girl.’] Now I have 2 guinea piggies – their mother and aunt were abandoned in a box near me and rescued – and one was pregnant. I got her daughters.Lily is an awesome muse!

Many, many things but for this moment I will have to say flowers. Love, love flowers in all their exquisite beauty. They make me smile all the time. I feel so blessed living in No. California where I can experience flowers every day. 😊

Pkr: Flowers almost always fill my home with their touch of beauty. Also being from California, it certainly is a blessing to enjoy the uniqueness of each flower and their burst of color and fragrance.

A warm and sunny day after a ‘long’ winter, a dog’s wagging tail, sending notes and cards to people, truly so many things.
Wishing that everyone may have something to smile about today!😊
Blessings and peace, Sheila 🌷

Diving off the poolside into clear, chilly waters. Plunging deeper with each pull of my arms and kick of my feet. Sculling my hands in figure 8-movements, I suspend upside down feet pointed towards the surface. Circling my arms, magically it would seem , I move upwards until my pointed toes break the water line and then my legs follow suit extending high and straight up to the sky. My beaming smile is endless surrendering to the elegance and gracefulness of water ballet.

Michele, love your descriptive run on what brings a beaming smile to your face. Never suspected the utterance of Metallica, but from one classic hard rock (or should I say heavy metal?) aficionado to another, go for it! Listened to Nirvana last night…the Seattle movement…but that probably is more likely categorized as head-banging music from the 9os. Now I don’t want to get musically typecast because I love deeply almost all genres of 🎵 and actively listen to them.